Brick-kiln



H. KONHORST.

BRICK KILN.

No. 288,347.. Patented Nov. 13,1883.

Pari-irri*N OFFICE.

' IIENEY koNI-Ionsr, 0E HENDERSON, KENTUCKY.

`BRICK SPECIFICATION forming To @ZZ whom it` may concern,.- l 4 Be it known that l, HENRY KoNIIonsT, a

` citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Hendersomin the countyof Henderson and Stateof Kentucky, have invented certain new 1 and useful Improvements in Brick-Kilns, of

` which the following is a `specication.

My invention relates to that class `of kilns in which furnaces are constructed against `the outer sides of the kiln-walls.

The invention consists in certain novel de- I tails of construction, arrangement, and operation of Iflues and devices connected therewith,

i y, 1" v whereby several advantages are obtained,` as

will be hereinafter more particularly described. I

The accompanying drawings illustrate the manner of carrying out my invention.

`on the dimensions of the kiln.

I Figure 1 is a transverse vertical section of a kiln with furnaces adjoining, the section being` taken on the line w w of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a section taken in the line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 3

`is a section taken in the linee e of Fig. 2.V

Fig. iis a section taken in the line w fw of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a section, Ion asmaller scale, on the `line t t of Fig. 1. y

Arepresents the ground or floor of the kiln, and B B the side walls I thereof.` The ground or door may be paved in any suitable manner,` and walls B are fire-walls. f

C represents an arch resting on the benches The number of benches and arches depends They` are built up of green bricks to be burned. E E

represent furnaces constructed against the outer sides of the. walls B. The grates e of these furnaces-are slightly lower than the level of the door A. I Each arch communicates with `both, furnaces by, means of iiues at the opposite ends ofthe arch. Each series of iluesconf Isists of a `nre-fine, G, running horizontally from thefurnace abovethe grate into the kiln above the iioorA; a ground lire-flue, H, which commences above the `grate `and is inclined downward, and runs under the surface of the groundor iioor to a point a short distance bey yond the inner side of the wall, andterminates at the "surface ofthe oor; a hot-airue, J,

running frointhe ash-pit f below the grate e, and communicating directly with the kilng andanother hot-air flue, K, running fromthe part of Letters Patent No. 288,347, dated November 13, 188,3.

Application fledJanuary 23,1883. (No model.) I

ash-pit f and communicating with the groundflue II. At suitable points in the wall are cold-air nues L, runningfrom the outside of the furnaces and communicating with the fire-` flues. Any or all of the flues may be provided with one or more, but preferably double, damp- I ers, m, for regulating the draft. 4The benches and arches` having been-built up of green bricks, any desired number of green bricks interstices between them. I y

Theadvantages of my invention are: Wood, coal, or slack can be used as fuel. The kiln can be built wider than heretofore, as the heat is carried to near the center of the kiln through the ground-fines. The heat can beregulated at pleasure by the double dampers.

y It is obvious that any number of benches andarches may be built up in the kiln,rthereV "may then be piled above them, with the usual p `by allowing the kilnand furnaces to be constructed of any desired length. I

I am aware of Patent No. 168,617, of 1875,

from the fire-box of the furnace form a junction and connectwith the kiln through its side, and also of Patent No. 182, 895, of 187-6, vin which `a pipe. leads from a point outside the furnace to the bottoni ofthe kiln; but these constructions are not sought to be covered in this application.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a brick kiln having furnaces` con-` structed against the outer sides of the kilnwalls, `the ues H, leading from the fire-box to the ground-flue R, and the said ground-flue leading from the ash-box f to the kiln, and opening therein at a point remote from the side walls, substantially as herein described.

naces, of fire-fines G, runningfrom the furnace in which a flue'from rthe ash-pit and a flue above the grate through the walls ofthe kiln,

and hot-air ues J, running from the ash-pit and entering the kiln through the floor thereof contiguous to the inlet of the ues G, substantiallyas herein described. I

8. In a brick-kiln, and in combination with the furnace and body of thekiln,- the groundflues K, leading from the ash-pit through the fioor of the kiln, the iiues H, connecting the fire-box therewith, the fiues J, connecting the ICO . l 9o 2. The combination, with a kiln and fur- I I y ash-pit with the kiln, and having ues L, oonence of two witnesses, this 22d doy of Decemneoting the same With the outer air, and the bor7 1882. ues G leadino from thore-box directly Y v through7 the kilr-Walls, as and for the purpose l HENRY KONHORST' 5 set forth. Vtnesses: v

R. C. BLACKWELL,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in pres- ED. MANION. 

